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Patented June 4, 1895.

CASH REGISTER.

G. H. HENKEL 8v J'. KUNZ, Jr.

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CASH' REGISTER.

No. 540,386. Patented June 4, 1895.

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GEORGE II. HENKEL AND JOHN KUNZ, JR., OF MIDDLETOVN, ASSIGNORS OFONETHIRD TO MARIE S. STROBLE, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,38 6, dated J une4, 1895.

Application iled October 29, 1894. Serial No. 527,157. (No model.)

To all whom. t may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE H. I-IENKEL and JOHN KUNZ, Jr., ofMiddletown, Butler county, Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cash-Registers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention pertains to improvements in that class of linger-keydevices employed in checking payments in commercial transactions, andour improvements will be readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a vertical section and internal side view of amachine embodying our improvements, the section being in the plane ofline o. of Figs. 2 and 4, and the count-transfer mechanism being omittedto avoid confusion of parts; Fig. 2, a plan of the machine with aportion of the top of the casing broken away to expose two ofthecheck-cells; Fig. 3, a front elevation of a count-wheel and transferwvheel; Fig. 4, a front elevation ofthe machine; Fig. 5, a verticalsection and interior elevation of the base portion of the machine in theplane of line l) of Figs. 2 and fl; and Fig. 6, a side elevation of thegeneral counting mechanism, the direction of view being opposite that ofFig. l-that is to say, Fig. 3 shows the wheels of the counting mechanismin front elevation, while Fig. l shows the same as viewed from the leftof Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 shows the same as viewed from the right of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, confining attention for the present entirely to Fig. l,except as otherwise indicated:l, indicates the spindle of theregistering wheels, properly supported in an inclosing casing, therebeing a series ot the wheels, arranged in pairs, the series constituting a mere multiplicity of pairs so that description may be confined toa single pair of wheels and their operating mechanism; 2, aratchet-wheel loose thereon and having, say, one hundred teeth, thiswheel being the countwheel for a certain value, say iive cents, eachtooth of the wheel representing five cents in registering; 3, astop-pawl to prevent backward motion of the count-Wheel; a, a leverpivoted to the rear of the countwheel; 5, a spring pawl operated by thislever and engaging the count-wheel; 6, a bar or rod below the wheel andconnected near its rear with lever a so that as the bar moves backwardthe count-wheel will be advanced one tooth and, as the bar movesforward, the pawl will go back for a new tooth; 7, a finger-keyconnected with the forward end of this bar to serve in pulling the barforward, it being assumed that this finger-key will have its value of[ive cents designated upon it; 3, a money drawer in the base of themachine; 9, alatch extending across the machine and normally engagingthe rear of the drawer and locking it closed; l0, a spring tending toforce the drawer open when latch 9 is disengaged; ll, a projection frombar 6 adapted, when the bar is pulled forward by its ingerlzey to tiplatch 9 to unlocking position and release the drawer and allow thespring to force the draweropen; l2, a bit formed upon linger-key 7 andpivoted to the forward end of bar G, the forward end of this bitstanding behind the front wall of drawer S so that that wall preventsthe forward motion of the fingerkey, the pivoting of the bit to bar 6however permitting the bit to be rocked so that it may pass forwardlyover the front wall of the drawer, the design being that the lingerkeywill be lirst depressed and then pulled forward; 13, a proper inclosingcasing for the general mechanism; la, a wicket in the casing throughwhich the reading of the count-wheels may be taken; l5, a verticalchamber to the rear of the count-wheel, form* ing a check cell to holdchecks pertaining to the count-wheel, iive cent checks in the assumedcase; 1G, the series of checks in this cell, these checks being merelydisks which may have the Value, dro., indicated upon them; 17, an exitslot at the rear of the base of the check cell, of sufficient height topermit of a single check being pushed from the bottom of the pile; 18, aplunger upon therear end of bar 6, normally supporting the pile ofchecks in the cell and adapted, as the bar moves forward, to permit thepile to descend the thiol;- ness of the plunger and, as the bar movesrearward, to push the lowermost check out through the exit slot 17; i9,entry-throat at the top of the check-cell to permit of the checks beinggotten into the slot, 20, a piv- ICO e Masse oted tablet to the rear ofand below the exitslot 17, this tablet being designed to receive thechecks discharged from the check-cell; 2l, one of the checks thusdischarged and resting upon the tablet ready for removal by a customer;22, a drawer disposed below the tablet 20, tablet 2O being so pivotedthat it may be tipped downwardso that checks upon it will slide intodrawer 22; 23, checks which have been thus delivered into thecheckdrawer 22; 24, a sloping chute extending from exit slot 17 to thefront edge of tablet 20 and designed to guide a discharging chip fromthe exit slot onto the tablet, this chute being pivoted at its base sothat it may be tipped forward and prevent the discharging check fromgoing to the tablet, the check in that case going down past the edge ofthe tablet into check-drawer 22; 25, a sign surmounting the apparatus;26, a boss projecting from one face of ratchet-wheel 2 and having itsperiphery igured into a progressive series of values as tive cents, tencents, fifteen cents, &c., one reading for each tooth of the countwheel,the ratchet-wheel and its boss thus forming the count-wheel pertainingto the linger-key; 27, (Figs. 4 and 5,) a switch knob by means of whichtablet 20 can be tipped down so as to discharge checks to thecheck-drawer; 28, (Figs. 4 and 5,) a switch knob by means ot which chute24 can be tipped up so as to divert the checks from the check cell tothe check-drawer; 29, (Fig. 5,) an inclined block connected by rod withswitch knob 27 and engaging under tablet 2O and causing the tablet torise and fall as knob 27 is in or out; and 30, (Fig. 5,) a rodconnecting switch knob 28 with chute 24 by means of a lever projectingdownward from the chute so that as the knob is pulled out the chute willbe turned up, a spring serving to hold the chute in the normal positionshown, and the knob havingva lock lug so that it may be locked when thechute is up.

Ignore parts not thus far referred to and assume that the machineprovides for but a single value, namely, tive cents. The cash drawer 8is locked by latch 9 and the check cell contains a pile of tive centchecks and we will assume that the count-wheel stands at zero reading. Ative cent sale being made, the finger-key is depressed and then drawnforward. This moves the pawl 5 idly back for a new tooth in the wheeland unlocks the drawer which at once flies open, plunger 18 at the sametime taking a position in front of the lowermost check in the pile ofchecks. When the drawer is pushed shut its front wall engages bit 12 andpushes the finger-key back to normal position, causing the count-wheelto be advanced a tooth and to show a reading of live cents. At the sametime the lowermost check will have been pushed from under the pileandwill pass down upon the tablet from which it is to be removed by thecustomer who keeps it, checks being later returned to the dealer forredemption at some agreed upon The machine has thus regisdiscount rate.

tered theamount of the sale and a cheek of corresponding value hasgotten into the hands of the customer, its redemption value making it tothe customers interest to secure it. Should the customer forget thecheck and leave it upon the tablet it may be discharged into thecheck-drawer by pulling switch knob 27. In case of transactions notentitling the customer to a check, such t'or instance as the settlementof a bill, switch knob 28 will be pulled out, thus causing the check tobe delivered to the check-drawer instead of to the tablet. Eachsuccessive tive cent sale would be registered upon the count-wheel and,with one hundred teeth in the ratchet-wheel, the count-wheel mayregister five dollars. Fora ten cent sale the finger-key may be operatedtwice, thus delivering two tive cent checks, but it is designed thatkeys and checks `of higher value will be employed for higher amounts,the machine being provided with a series of keys and check cells forthat purpose. Provision is madefor adding to the counting effect of thecount-wheel by means of a transfer wheel which advances a tooth at eachcomplete turn of the count-wheel. This matter will now be explained andwe will still assume that the count-wheel is the tive cent wheel of theapparatus.

Referring now to Figs. 3 and 6:-3l, is a second ratchet-wheel loose ontheV wheel shaft near ratchet-wheel 2 and having, say, one hundred teethlike the count-wheel; 32, a boss upon ratchet-wheel 3l having valuereadings, the first of the series corresponding with the total capacityof the count-wheel, viz: five dollars, the second of the series beingten dollars and so on, 31 and 32 therefore forming a transfer Wheelwhich takes up and registers the exhaust totals of the count-wheels; 33,a pawl-carrier for the transfer wheel; 34, aspring pawl carried by thispawl-carrier and engaging the teeth ot' the transfer-wheel; 35, guidesfor the pawl-carrier; 36, a tooth projecting upwardly from pawl-carrier33 and adapted to be engaged by the toe of the countpawl 5 if that toecan drop low enough to engageit, the depth of the teeth in thecountwheel being such however as to normally prevent the count-pawl fromengaging the tooth 36, it being understood that count-pawl 5 projectssidewise from the face of its wheelsuficiently to engage tooth 36 whenthe pawl drops low enough; 37, a deep tooth-notch in the count-wheelwhich, when it reaches the count-pawl, willpermitthe count-pawl to droplow enough to engage tooth 36; and 38, a spring holding pawl-carrier toits rearmost idle position. l

Normally count-pawl 5 does its work upon its rcount wheel free ot' tooth36; but when notch 37 gets around to the count-pawl, to happen at theterminal reading on the countwheel, the count-pawl will drop and engagetooth 36 and the next stroke of the countpawl will cause transfer-pawl34 to advance the transfer-wheel one degree of count, the

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count-wheel then reading zero and the transfer-wheel reading tivedollars. At the next stroke of the count-pawl it affects only thecount-wheel, the transfer-pawl going back to normal idle position andstaying there till the transfer notch comes around again. The transferwheel will thus, by its reading, show the total amount transferred, andthe countwheel will show the amount not yet transferred. Adding the tworeadings together will give the total of work for the five cent key.Other values than ve cents may be represented by other keys and checkcells, the drawings showing provision for twelve ditferent values, theobject being to provide that sales may be checked by a single high valuecheck rather than a number of small value checks. Each finger-key andcheck cell has its count-wheel and its transfer wheel, and the adding ofall the readings at the wicket gives the total of checkings.

We claim as our invention- I. In a register, the combination,substantially as set forth, of a vertical check cell adapted to containa pile of checks and having an exit slot at its base, a movabledischarge tablet to receive the checks located outside the machine,means for moving the tablet aplungerarranged to push said checks one byone out ot' said cell, a finger key connected with said plunger, and acounting mechanism connected with said finger key.

2. In a register, the combination, substantially as set forth, of acheck cell adapted to receive a pile of checks and having an exit slot,a plunger arranged to push the checks one by one from said cell, a keyfor operating said plunger, a movable tablet located outside the machineaccessible to the purchaser adapted to receive the checks as dischargedfrom the check cell, a check receptacle below said tablet, and a handlearranged to tip said tablet and discharge checks therefrom to saidreceptacle.

3. In a register, the combination, substantially as set forth, of acheck cell adapted to receive a pile of checks and having an exit slot,a plunger arranged to push said checks one by one from the cell, atablet to receive the checks discharged from the cell, a checkreceptacle below said tablet, a movable chute to direct the dischargingchecks from the cell to the tablet, and a handle arranged to move saidchute to position to divert the discharging checks from the tablet tosaid receptacle.

4. In a register, the combination, substantially as set forth, of acelladapted to receive a pile of checks, a plunger to push said checks oneby one from the cell, a movable discharge tablet to receive the checkslocated outside the machine, means for moving the tablet a key foroperating said plunger, a cash drawer, a latch holding said drawerclosed and a part moved by said key and adapted to release the latch.

5. In a register, the combination, substantially as set forth, of acount-wheel having a ratchet with a deep tooth-notch, a transferwheelalongside the count-wheel and having a ratchet, a pawl for thetransfer-wheel, a pawlcarrier for said pawl, a spring holding saidpawl-carrier in position of retreat, a tooth upon said paWl-carrier, apawl engaging the ratchet of the count-wheel and adapted when engagingsaid deep tooth-notch to also engage the tooth of said pawl-carrier, anda finger-key connected with said last mentioned pawl.

6. In a register, the combination, substantially as set forth, of aseries of cells adapted to receive piles of checks and having each aneXit slot, a movable discharge tablet to receive the checks locatedoutside the machine, means for moving the tablet a count-wheel for eachof said cells, a finger-key check plunger and pawl mechanism for each ofsaid check cells, a drawer and a normally engaged latch for saiddrawerarranged to be released by any one of said finger keys.

7. In a cash register, the combination of a check cell, meansforseparatelyremoving the checks from the cell, a tablet accessiblylocated outside the machine, a check receptacle, and means fortransferring the checks from said tablet to said receptacle.

GEORGE II. IIENKEL. JOHN KUNZ, Jn. Witnesses:

M. S. STRoBLn, J. W. SEE.

